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Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a house sitting near the river bank in the vicinity of Nicomen Island, Deroche and Dewndey. Mountains are visible in the background

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34563

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.4 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 050-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Lake, looking northwest. The north shore mountains, including The Lions, can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1926] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph looking across Burrard Inlet from the Donovan family home, 4112 Yale Street, before the Second Narrows Bridge was built at this spot.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1926] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-455

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph looking across Burrard Inlet from the Donovan family home, 4112 Yale Street, before the Second Narrows Bridge was built at this spot.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Burrard Inlet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35598

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burrard Inlet looking north from the 3800 block of Yale Street, the closest street to the water at that time. Power lines were being strung across the inlet that year.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-456

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burrard Inlet looking north from the 3800 block of Yale Street, the closest street to the water at that time. Power lines were being strung across the inlet that year.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Burrard Inlet, 1928 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Burrard Inlet in winter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3902

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Vancouver Heights streetscape in winter. There is snow on the ground. One of the houses across the street has what appears to be a radio mast in the front yard. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet with Mount Seymour in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 16 cm

Material Details: "Burrard Inlet - winter" written in ink on back of photo. "37" written in pencil on back of photo.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Vancouver Heights streetscape in winter. There is snow on the ground. One of the houses across the street has what appears to be a radio mast in the front yard. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet with Mount Seymour in the background.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: BV007.45.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on content of the photograph

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Burrard Inlet in winter, [192-] thumbnail

Cable Crossing at Mile 57

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34397

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over a river towards Cheam Peak, which is visible in the background. A cable can be seen stretching over the river. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provinc…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 9.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-104

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over a river towards Cheam Peak, which is visible in the background. A cable can be seen stretching over the river. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Cable Crossing at Mile 57, 1926 thumbnail

Cultus Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34393

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over Cultus Lake towards the mountains. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking over Cultus Lake towards the mountains. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Cultus Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34396

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cultus Lake, looking towards the mountains. A wooden pier can be seen in the foreground and a row of cabins are visible on the far shore. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the T…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.4 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cultus Lake, looking towards the mountains. A wooden pier can be seen in the foreground and a row of cabins are visible on the far shore. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1920 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-073

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of two women and two men identified from left to right as Louisa, Herbert, Dorothy and Alexander Vidal. They are sitting on a rock near a body of water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Louisa Vidal / Herbert Vidal / Dorothy / Alexander"; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Gan & Grandad / Aunt Dor & Uncle Bill"

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Herbert, Louisa, Dorothy, and Alexander Vidal, [between 1920 and 1934] thumbnail

Looking down river from the dykes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34399

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10.7 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified river at the foot of the mountains with railroad tracks in the foregound. Snow is covering the ground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highw…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10.7 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-106

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified river at the foot of the mountains with railroad tracks in the foregound. Snow is covering the ground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Looking down river from the dykes, 1926 thumbnail

Road round 1st tunnel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34407

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs taken in Yale, looking toward a tunnel cut through a rock face at the side of a mountain. A caption written under the photograph reads "road round [sic] 1st tunnel." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographs taken in Yale, looking toward a tunnel cut through a rock face at the side of a mountain. A caption written under the photograph reads "road round [sic] 1st tunnel." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Second Narrows

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm

Material Details: Hand-written text in red ink on the front of the stereograph card reads: "2nd Narrows".

Scope and Content: Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.

History: George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Inlets; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Accession Code: BV007.45.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 29-Nov-2018

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on notation below the photograph

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Yale, BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34369

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of railway tracks along a river at a location identified as Yale, B.C. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-076

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of railway tracks along a river at a location identified as Yale, B.C. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Rivers; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9552

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithograph mounted on linen ; 107 x 138 cm

Scope and Content: Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District. Map depicts district lots, railroads, electric railways, streets, street car stops, schools, buildings, postal block numbers, parks and First Nations reserves. Map covers the geographcial areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, portions of Ric…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithograph mounted on linen ; 107 x 138 cm

Material Details: Includes Legend and Index

Scope and Content: Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District. Map depicts district lots, railroads, electric railways, streets, street car stops, schools, buildings, postal block numbers, parks and First Nations reserves. Map covers the geographcial areas of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, portions of Richmond, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Surrey with half mile circles that radiate from Vancouver City Hall on the corner of Main and Hastings. Bottom of map includes an index of street names, along with their corresponding map grid locations. The map is bordered by Marine Drive to the west, North Road to the east, Dempsey Street to the north and 20th Road to the south.

History: Bought by donor at thrift store years ago. No known provenance.

Creator: The Vancouver Map & Blueprint Co. Ltd.

Publisher: Produced by Photo - Lithography, Colonist , Victoria, B.C.

Subjects: First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV018.24.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: July 1921

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 16-Jun-20

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Title on map reads: "COMMERCIAL MAP / OF / GREATER VANCOUVER / AND / DISTRICT / Compiled and Published by / The Vancouver Map & Blueprint Co. Ltd. / 441 Seymour St. Vancouver B.C. / July, 1921".

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Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District, July 1921 thumbnail

Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12337

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:43:19 min.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Josephine Chow Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: February 7, 2020 Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 00:43:19

Scope and Content: Recording consists of an interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) conducted by BVM researcher Denise Fong at the Burnaby Village Museum. Josephine describes her family history and recollects her childhood experiences in 1950s and 60s while growing with her family on their "Hop On" farm in Burnaby. The farm is situated in the Big Bend area along Marine Drive and is still in operation today. 0:00-08:45 Josephine Chow provides some historical background on the history of “Hop On Farm” and her family in British Columbia. She tells of how her grandfather Gay Tim Hong and three partners pooled money together to purchase twelve acres on Marine Drive in 1951. Prior to this, most of them farmed on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation Reserve for 20-30 years. It all began when her great grandfather Sui Wing Hong, first came to Canada from China and slowly brought over her grandfather, father and other members of the family. Her grandfather, Gay Tim Hong went back and forth between Canada and China at least four times since he and her grandmother had four children including her father, who was born in 1931. Her father came to Canada at 10 years of age to live with his father. Josephine’s great grandfather came to Vancouver from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). 8:46- 14:20 Josephine provides the names of her siblings from the eldest to the youngest; Pauline, Josephine (herself), Catherine, Noreen, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. She describes what life was like on the farm with her parents working from sunrise to sunset. The family farmed vegetable produce taking orders from local stores in the lower mainland. Often the children helped their parents with the orders starting at eight or nine years of age. Other workers on the farm travelled by bus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also tells of how her father was an animal lover and raised chickens, pigeons, geese, koy, goldfish and dogs. 14: 21 – 16:56 Josephine describes what Burnaby was like during the time that she grew up in the late 1950s. She explains that Burnaby was very quiet with nothing being open on Sundays. On the farm, she and her siblings would entertain themselves by playing games like soccer, baseball and kick ball or also by catching frogs, snails, caterpillars and ladybugs. There were neighbours living on Marine Drive and almost every house had someone who we went to the same elementary school. The neighbourhood children would often come to play with them on their farm. 16:56- 26:47 Josephine describes how when they were young there were farms all around them and how on Sunday drives with her father, they would go to feed horses or look at the cows. Josephine shares that her elder sister Pauline was the only one born in China and how when she first arrived that she lived on the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations Reserve with their parents before they moved to Burnaby. Josephine recollects that most of her friends were farmer’s kids from the neighbourhood but while in school, she had more Caucasian friends. Josephine and her siblings attended Glenwood Elementary on Marine Drive and later Junior Secondary at McPherson Park (grades 8-10) and Burnaby South Senior Secondary (grades 11-12. ). She shares some of her experiences while attending school. She said that there were about a dozen Asians in school with her, mostly from farming families in the “Flats”. 26:48- 30:45 Josephine describes what life was like for her and her siblings after school. They often helped on the farm when they got home, usually taking care of orders for green onions. Her mother made dinner and did all of the cooking for family and workers on the farm as well as working in the fields. Her father did all of the grocery shopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown two or three times per week where he purchased meat and fish. She says that her grandfather, often travelled by bus every Saturday or Sunday to meet up with friends in Chinatown. Extracurricular activities for her and her siblings included volley ball and soccer as long as it didn’t interfere with their work schedule on the farm. 30:46- 37:03 Josephine describes what occurred while living at home, the food they ate, shopping and attending Chinese school. Her mother cooked only Chinese food, she didn’t know how to cook “Western food”. For school lunches, the kids made their own sandwiches. She tells of a Chinese language school arranged by Mrs. Joe [sic] who lived on Gilley Road and was Canadian born Chinese. Mrs. Joe [sic] also arranged an English class for farmer’s wives on Tuesday nights in which her mother attended. Josephine recollects learning Mandarin from Mrs. Joe [sic] a few days a week after her regular school. Chinese school took place at Riverway School on Meadow Avenue in Burnaby. Mrs. Joe also taught them a lot about Chinese culture including Kung Fu, Chinese Dance and Chinese brush painting. 37:04- 39:39 Josephine describes Medical Care for her and her family in the 1950s and 1960s. She tells of a female Chinese doctor in Vancouver, Dr. Madeline Chung. Dr. Chung was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine. The family also visited herbalists in Vancouver Chinatown. They would often buy herbs for colds etc. Josephine also tells of how her parents stayed in touch with family in China by writing letters. Her mother’s family, including her parents and siblings were still in China while most of her father’s family were here in Canada. 39:40- 43:19 – In closing, Josephine shares how life is much busier now and of how she misses the quietness of her days growing up. She briefly describes her life on the family farm now and how different it is from when her parents worked the farm. She explains how farming methods have changed and how they don’t have to work as hard as her parents did.

History: Interviewee biography: Josephine Chow (nee Hong) is the second eldest child of Chan Kow Hong and Sui Ha Hong. In 1925, Josephine's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong immigrated to Canada from Zhongshan county in Canton Province (also known as Guangdong). In 1952, her father, Chan Kow Hong joined his father, Gay Tim Hong and by 1953, he established "Hop On Farms" in the Big Bend area of Burnaby near Marine Drive. Josephine grew up on the farm with her parents and six siblings; Pauline, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene and Marlene. In 1969, Josephine's elder sister Pauline and her husband Jack Chan took over the family farm and in 1972 their father and grandfather moved to Kamloops to open a restaurant. As an adult, Josephine worked in several different areas including owning and running her own Aesthetics business. Josephine eventually retired and returned to the farm to assist her siblings. The farm is still in operation. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agriculture - Farms; Education; Buildings - Schools; First Nations reserves - British Columbia

Names: Chow, Josephine; Glenwood Elementary School; McPherson Park Junior Secondary School; ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Geographic Access: Byrne Road

Accession Code: BV020.6.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Related Material: See also BV017.36*

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12/3/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of interview; Photograph info: Gary Hong and Chan Kow Hong harvesting celery at Hop-On Farms [1969]. BV017.36.4

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Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020, [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed Feb. 7, 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2020_0006_0001_001.mp3

Blue River September 1927

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34481

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking across a field towards a line of trees, with mountains in the background. Piles of logs can be seen in the foreground and the location of the photograph has been identified by the caption as being "Blue River." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 11.6 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-188

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking across a field towards a line of trees, with mountains in the background. Piles of logs can be seen in the foreground and the location of the photograph has been identified by the caption as being "Blue River." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Blue River September 1927, September 1927 thumbnail

Cheam Peak

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34382

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking towards Cheam Peak, just east of Chilliwack. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-089

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph taken looking towards Cheam Peak, just east of Chilliwack. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Images

Cheam Peak

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34384

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cheam Peak taken from a spot identified as Jones Hill. A road is seen running through the foreground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the lat…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-091

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cheam Peak taken from a spot identified as Jones Hill. A road is seen running through the foreground. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Dave Gray

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35692

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dave Gray hiking toward the Lions (mountain peaks). Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and later teacher, was an all-round athlete who once taught Bob Wood. David Gray Park and swimming pool in South Burnaby were named after him.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-550

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dave Gray hiking toward the Lions (mountain peaks). Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and later teacher, was an all-round athlete who once taught Bob Wood. David Gray Park and swimming pool in South Burnaby were named after him.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Gray, David "Dave"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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